Hankook 404 rubber for winter?

**luderollup** · 10-17-2005, 07:48 PM

hey have any of u guys used the Hankook 404 all season rubber in the winter? im just getting mine mounted tommorow, its a directional all season tire so im a little worried about grip in the winter.. im gettin a unreal deal on them so i cant really complain. any experiences with hankook would be great

**hockeybronx** · 10-18-2005, 01:46 AM

I've heard a lot of good things about the Hankook winter tires, but not a lot about the allseasons. Personally I'm a summer tire/winter tire advocate.

Do a search on yahoo, there are many good tire rating/review websites out there.

**dragonone** · 10-18-2005, 05:03 AM

well ur getting them mounted anyways, so hearing anyone on here tell u that they might suck wouldn't help at all

most ppl recommend nokian rsi, i'll b on kumho's
it just depends on how u drive, some ppl think they're invincible on winter tires, i bet if you drove carefully on just stock tires u'll b just fine

**frozenrice** · 10-18-2005, 06:37 AM

Originally posted by luderollup
hey have any of u guys used the Hankook 404 all season rubber in the winter? im just getting mine mounted tommorow, its a directional all season tire so im a little worried about grip in the winter.. im gettin a unreal deal on them so i cant really complain. any experiences with hankook would be great

If you don't mind me asking, what kind of deal are you getting? I just got a set on the weekend and I'm just wondering if I could of done better. I paid $419 install/taxes in on my own rims.

**hockeybronx** · 10-18-2005, 12:59 PM

Originally posted by frozenrice

If you don't mind me asking, what kind of deal are you getting? I just got a set on the weekend and I'm just wondering if I could of done better. I paid $419 install/taxes in on my own rims.

It's tough to say with tires. It's an industry where you can go to one store in the morning and get a quote on a set of tires, then go back later in the afternoon and get a totally different quote for the same tires.

You just can't let yourself get caught up in it all, the difference is only about $20.00 from place to place. As long as you are happy with your tires, and happy with the price you paid (not what you could have paid) then you did alright.

**rockym20** · 10-18-2005, 01:25 PM

The 404 is actually a winter tire:

Hankook Canada

On my Tiburon (being sold) I have studded 401's for the winter and they are pretty good now but were amazing when new. Almost as like the road was dry & I would actually try to drive on the ice as the traction was so good, but the studs weren't as noisy then.

**BlueFrenzy** · 10-19-2005, 01:07 AM

I have the Hankook W300s and they did very nicely last winter. I can't complain about them. Got me through some icy/snowy weather no problem

**luderollup** · 10-19-2005, 11:12 AM

yeah they ended up being a winter directional... they seem like a nice tire.
i got 215/55r/16 mounted and balanced on my stock rims, and then mounted on my car for $420.. everywhere else i went tires were about 160 a piece for winters.. and that didnt include mounting and such. im happy with them

**frozenrice** · 10-19-2005, 05:34 PM

$420, cool. I didn't get raped then. Got mine at Big O tires, what about you?

**luderollup** · 10-19-2005, 10:48 PM

the place at the road king.. my dad knew him through someone or something.. i dono

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